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Kill Ketura's debut release. Ten original songs performed live in one take. Limited supply!

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Kill Ketura is an alternatronic rock band from Fairfax, VA that is steadily taking over the surrounding areas on their way to total world domination.

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Home alone and listening to Annie Lennox

Posted on Oct 1, 2007 by Daniel

I'm home alone, listening to Annie Lennox's Diva album, secretly hoping to hear the influences of Paul Buchanan. I've been obsessing over Blue Nile's High for the past few weeks and I'm craving more like it. I read on the Blue Nile Wikipedia page that Paul was involved in at least one song on Diva, so I rushed to my Musicmatch to give it a re-listen.

So far, it's perfect. Although I can't say for sure that it's the work of Buchanan, the sound of this album is exactly what I've been looking for - calm, relaxed, poignant. When Annie decides to make a point, she builds into it. There's none of the jerking from low to high that's so prevalent in most pop music. Instead, there's a gentle curve of energy that gently and smoothly bends its way through the music, making the most of very little.

I noticed Joni Mitchell's newest effort, Shine has a similar feel, although her voice always ends up reminding me of Feist (which is of course backwards historically) Again, there's something beautiful in the un-assuming simplicity that is almost addictive to me.

Even Sting's latest few projects (with the exception of Labyrinth) have captured this minimalist, easy-going sound. David Bowie has also experimented with it now and then, although he never stays there long.

Here's a thought. This sound that I've been searching for everywhere seems to be created mostly by musicians who at one time pushed the envelope with their energy and creativity. These artists who once embodied and revolutionized the music of their day all seem to have embraced a simpler, purer form of expressing their musical ideas.

It begs the question - why am I drawn to it in such a big way? Maybe it's because of my own musical situation.

The band is going through a transformation and so far the destination is very unclear and uncertain. An entire world of possibility has opened up in front of us, and the options are endless. We find ourselves in a place where we are truly free to pursue any path for our future.

In many ways, I feel that the band we've been creating for the past 10 or more years has run its course - that it's time for a fundamental change. This new freedom and release from all constraints is therefore a welcome opportunity to make that move, whatever it may be, and completely re-imagine our musical identity.

On the other hand, there's a certain bit of trepidation that comes with looking out over the vast landscape of music and realizing that you have to decide a direction to head in. What if you make the wrong choice? What if the choice you make isn't accepted or popular with other people, especially your fans? What if the current path hasn't been fully explored yet? What if you're already where you're supposed to be?

So, while liberating, this situation also has the potential to be somewhat paralyzing.

But listening to these songs - to the gentle perfection and simplicity created by yesterday's masters of performance who have found a new course and an entirely new life on the thoughtful and focused side of their art, I'm encouraged and calmed. And I realize that no matter what the future holds for us, it will always be something we put our hearts and souls into.

And with that, we can't go wrong.

Stay tuned,

Daniel - Kill Ketura

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